Greg Raleigh from Wisconsin has constructed a hollow, classic, and beautiful wooden spinnaker pole for his SS23. The details of the pole and the story of its construction is listed on this website under “Technical”.
Here is the link to the article:
http://www.seaspriteassociation.com/technical/sea-sprite-23/building-a-wooden-spinaker-pole/
Here are some pictures to whet your appetite:
The old Fleet Log was a favorite with owners using the previous website. They enjoyed sharing and participating in the Sea Sprite community with information about themselves and their boat. The Log has languished these past few years, with only old information available, and without the capability to do updates or add new boats. The capability to write extensive histories using our “Histories” section rather than submitting thumbnail sketches in a “Fleet Log” never caught on.
So, after some software tweaking, the Fleet Log Is Back in its original format with a quick and easy way to generate an entry or to update an old entry. One simply copies the data form in the “Fleet Log” page listed on the top menu on the Home page of the website, pastes the form into an email, fills out the form, attaches a picture (if desired), and sends the email to our new Fleet Log coordinator Greg Raleigh. Greg then will insert the information into the Fleet Log. Greg sails SS23 #526 out of Grafton, Wisconsin, and has generously offered to administer the Fleet Log.
I know sea sprite sailors enjoyed the simplicity of the old Fleet Log, and the feeling of belonging to our community of sailors in the sharing of histories and stories. So here we go…share away!! I look forward to reading your stories.
The 2019 Sea Sprite Regatta was held Saturday, July 27, in Bristol Harbor at Bristol, RI. Blessed by perfect weather, blue skies, friendly sailing teams, the return of SS23 racing icon Herb Brown, superb course sets by the Bristol YC Race Committee, and Bristol YC for the post race gathering, it truly was “What a day”.
Jon Goff with his children Liam and Nora
Jon Goff set the tone for the day sailing Grayling, a Herreshoff Sailing School SS23 he rented for the event. His crew was his 10 year-old son Liam and 9 year-old daughter Nora, both crewing for him for the first time!! They were in the mix from the start for both races. We also had 2 other SS23’s from the Herreshoff Marine Museum Sailing School manned by sailing school instructors. Their boats were not race-ready, but the instructors raced valiantly and had a ball.
As a matter of fact, everyone had a ball. The Bristol YC Race Committee enjoyed themselves, and ran a perfect Regatta for 9 boats. Joe Jablonowski was PRO and ably supported by Roger Carney with Bob Yaylian on mark boat.
Lou Marino on Hope lassoed Herb Brown to race with him. The imperturbable master calmly skippered Hope to two close second place finishes. The starts were close, and the crossings numerous. Lulabelle managed to win both races, eeking out a win in the second race by seconds, sneaking by Bob Catani in Bramisole and Lou and Herb in Hope on the very last leg back to the finish line.
And, of course, the post race party back at Bristol YC was filled with race discussions, questions about sail sets and tactics, along with food and drinks.
Many thanks to all who put on the show and to everyone who raced. What a day!!!!!!
Herb Brown with his crew Lou and Emilia Marino
Dom and Andrew discussing ????
Here are the final standings:
Boat skipper first race second race total points place
Lulabelle Hall 1 1 2 1
Hope Brown 2 2 4 2
Bramisole Catani 3 3 6 3
Grayling Goff 4 4 8 4
Vexatious MacKeith 5 6 11 5
New Hope Messerli 7 5 12 6
Destiny Picard 6 7 13 7
Herreshoff One Instructors 8 8 16 8
Herreshoff Two Instructors 9 9 18 9